The Strategically Networked Organization
Leveraging Social Networks to Improve Organizational Performance
By Hanna Lehtimaki | Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
About the book
This book demonstrates to managers the strategic significance of intra-organizational social networks. It argues that strategic management is embedded in the complexity of social relations that shape the strategic direction of a company. Currently there are few tools available to systematically collect information about the social functioning of an organization. This book fills this gap by shifting attention to the social relations that contribute to strategic advantage and that build on relationships that provide unique resources and create value for the business. It considers three perspectives on how social networks have a strategic function first social networks constitute everyday strategic action second social networks convey cultural meanings and third how social networks depict social processes that continually illustrate what the organization is and what it can become. The book shows top and upper-middle management how cultivating an understanding of intra-firm social relations can help them to build unique strategic advantage and make use of the day-to-day knowledge that emerges in the social connections and interactions within an organization.
Editions of The Strategically Networked Organization
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781786352927
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This book demonstrates to managers the strategic significance of intra-organizational social networks. It argues that strategic management is embedded in the complexity of social relations that shape the strategic direction of a company. Currently there are few tools available to systematically collect information about the social functioning of an organization. This book fills this gap by shifting attention to the social relations that contribute to strategic advantage and that build on relationships that provide unique resources and create value for the business. It considers three perspectives on how social networks have a strategic function first social networks constitute everyday strategic action second social networks convey cultural meanings and third how social networks depict social processes that continually illustrate what the organization is and what it can become. The book shows top and upper-middle management how cultivating an understanding of intra-firm social relations can help them to build unique strategic advantage and make use of the day-to-day knowledge that emerges in the social connections and interactions within an organization.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Strategically Networked Organization about?
This book demonstrates to managers the strategic significance of intra-organizational social networks. It argues that strategic management is embedded in the complexity of social relations that shape the strategic direction of a company. Currently there are few tools available to systematically collect information about the social functioning of an organization. This book fills this gap by shifting attention to the social relations that contribute to strategic advantage and that build on relationships that provide unique resources and create value for the business. It considers three perspectives on how social networks have a strategic function first social networks constitute everyday strategic action second social networks convey cultural meanings and third how social networks depict social processes that continually illustrate what the organization is and what it can become. The book shows top and upper-middle management how cultivating an understanding of intra-firm social relations can help them to build unique strategic advantage and make use of the day-to-day knowledge that emerges in the social connections and interactions within an organization.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Strategically Networked Organization?
Economics, Finance, Business and Management > Business and Management > Business strategy
Where can I read a sample of The Strategically Networked Organization?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781786352927
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Strategically Networked Organization?
Hanna Lehtimaki
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Strategically Networked Organization is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781786352927)